Your work programs your mindset for engagement, improvement and measurement. As you face a transition – different work, part-time work or no work at all – the need for intentionality remains. The question is: how can you work toward fulfillment in the face of many unknowns? A new bestseller codifies an accountability process called the read more…
Category: Managing Others
Power in Plan B: What a Moment for Reflection and Reinvention
What just happened? After a seismic event like COVID, the aftershocks to career and employment life will follow. The full impact of the crisis may well be ahead of us. What may follow could be broader and deeper in ways we cannot predict. What better time is there for reflection, resetting and reinvention? “Change shifts. read more…
Blame is a Culture Killer
It was inevitable that the national dialogue would devolve into–well, who is at fault. All too often in today’s world, we are quick to find fault and blame as an instinctive response to events in our world that turned out badly or wrong. Blame holds a similar energy to anger, where you drink poison and read more…
Change is a Threat or an Opportunity
The speed of organizational change has been accelerating. Disruption. Reorganization. New leadership. Retrenchment. Competitive threats. By any name, change is absolutely expected, often feared and seldom understood. When someone “moves your cheese,” and you face a corporate development that will rock your world, how will you respond? Having been through several mergers and countless acquisitions in read more…
Weaknesses of our virtues
Many firms exalt sales people and other top performers for their go-get-‘em qualities: quick-wittedness, self-confidence, assertiveness, ingenuity, and initiative – even perfectionism. We often cultivate and reward the behaviors we value in ourselves. As we grow, we recognize that complementary skill sets are essential to round out the capabilities of the team. As leaders, we read more…
Good Leaders Choose Growth
It was a privilege to meet in Salt Lake City last week and learn from Marshall Goldsmith, one of the world’s best leadership coaches, and author of “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”. He says transformation is about the leader being coached, rather than the coach. As one of Marshall’s Lead60 Coaches, I’m read more…